Towards a digital learning community for engineering education

Author

Muramatsu, Brandon ; McMartin, F. ; Agogino, Alice

Author_Institution

Nat. Eng. Educ. Delivery Syst., California Univ., Berkeley, CA, USA

Volume

2

fYear

2000

fDate

2000

Abstract

The paper presents lessons learned from the decade of experience NEEDS (National Engineering Education Delivery System) has in developing and running a digital library for engineering education. It demonstrates and discusses current features and services. NEEDS has developed a scalable infrastructure that allows engineering educators to locate and discuss digital learning resources and participate as part of a community of practice. NEEDS is now in the process of expanding to include a broader community of learners and educators in Science, Mathematics, Engineering and Technology Education (SMETE)

Keywords

Internet; digital libraries; educational technology; engineering education; information resources; Internet; NEEDS; National Engineering Education Delivery System; SMETE; digital learning community; digital library; engineering education; scalable infrastructure; Access protocols; Educational programs; Educational technology; Engineering education; Internet; Materials science and technology; Mathematics; Software libraries; Web sites; Yarn;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

Frontiers in Education Conference, 2000. FIE 2000. 30th Annual

Conference_Location

Kansas City, MO

ISSN

0190-5848

Print_ISBN

0-7803-6424-4

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/FIE.2000.896579

Filename

896579